WEBVTT GREG FOX IS LIVE AT FEDERALCOURT.HOW DID SHE APPEAR IN COURTTODAY?>> REMARKABLY ENGAGED.SHE HAD A LOT OF FACIALEXPRESSIONS AS SHE WAS TALKINGWITH ATTORNEYS ON BOTH SIDES,LISTENING TO WITNESS TESTIMONY,REACTING TO WHAT GOVERNMENTWITNESSES WERE SAYING.AT THE END OF THESE TWO DAYS,AND SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT COUPLEWEEKS, THE JUDGE WILL BEDIGESTING THIS INFORMATION ANDDETERMINING WHAT CAN BE INCLUDEDAND EXCLUDED AT HER TRIAL.>> ONE OF HER ATTORNEYS BROUGHTHER A LADIES DARK SUIT FORPOTENTIALLY HER BIGGEST PRETRIALHEARING.SHE WORE HER HAIR PULLED BACKAND SPOKE FREQUENTLY WITHCOUNSEL.WE TRY TO SPEAK WITH HER LEADATTORNEY ABOUT THE JUDGESEARLIER DENIAL OF A CHANGE INTHE LOCATION OF THE TRIAL.ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED ABOUTTHE RULING ON THE CHANGE OFVENUE?>> I'M HOPING TO GET A FAIRTRIAL.>> DO YOU THINK THAT WILLHAPPEN?>> I'M HOPING FOR IT.>> CAN WE TALK WITH YOU?>> I'D RATHER NOT.>> ANDREW BRENNAN TESTIFIEDFIRST, SAYING HE TRIED CALLINGHER HUSBAND, OMAR MATEEN, 77TIMES, MOST OFTEN WITH NO ANSWERDURING THE MASSACRE AT THENIGHTCLUB.WHEN THEY DID CONNECT, THEGUNMEN PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TOISIS AND IMPLIED HE HAD A BOMB.>> YOU HAVE A VAST.I UNDERSTAND THAT.OK.WHAT KIND OF VAST ARE WE TALKINGABOUT?IS IT A BULLET RESISTANT VEST?BRENNAN TESTIFIED THAT HE DIDNOT SPEAK ABOUT HAVING OTHERS INTHE CLUB OR WORKING WITH ANYONEON THE ATTACK.HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW ALSOTESTIFIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT,SAYING HE WAS TOLD TO COME TOTHE FBI OFFICE IN FORT PIERCE TOPICK UP HER SON.HE SAID HE AND OTHER FAMILYMEMBERS WERE IN SHOCK.EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE WAS CRYINGWHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THESHOOTINGS, HE SAID.>> THE TRIAL IN THIS CASE ISSTILL SET FOR MARCH 1 HERE ATTHE DISTRICT COURTHOUSE INDOWNTOWN ORLANDO.COMING UP, WE WILL HEAR FROM ADETECTIVE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT SCARED HIM

The widow of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen is fighting to keep evidence out of her trial in federal court.

That trial is set for March, but Thursday's critical hearing in the case had the look and feel of a trial.

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"I'm hoping to get a fair trial," said Charles Swift, Salman's attorney.

Salman's legal team is fighting to get certain evidence excluded in the case where she's charged with obstruction of justice and helping her accused terrorist husband plan the attack on Pulse nightclub.

Former Orlando police crisis team negotiator Andrew Brennan testified first, saying he tried calling Mateen 77 times, most often with no answer, during the massacre at Pulse nightclub. When they did connect, the gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS and implied he had a bomb.

Brennan testified Mateen did not speak about having others in the club or working with anyone in the attack.

Mateen's brother-in-law, Mustafa Abasin, also testified for the government. He said he had no idea about the attack and no information about whether Salman was aware of her husband's actions.

Ft. Pierce officers went to find Salman at her apartment while Mateen was holding people hostage.

Lt. William Hall testified they were "advised to use caution for possible booby traps and explosives."

When Salman invited them inside, he said, "She scared me when she reached for her phone. Phones can be used to trigger bombs," Hall said.

At one point, Hall said Salman asked if she and her son were going to Disney.